TheNation.com’s Top Stories of 2010

TheNation.com’s Top Stories of 2010

Even a cursory look at our most popular stories shows that Nation readers rank among the most intelligent and informed of those of any publication anywhere. Here's a list of some of your favorites in 2010.

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December 30, 2010

The Nation is a special place for many reasons, one of which is that we’re not traffic-driven–raw data on how our stories perform doesn’t dictate (though of course it does inform) our coverage. But like any web editor, I study TheNation.com’s analytics on a (tri!)daily basis, and even a cursory look at our most popular stories shows that Nation readers rank among the most intelligent and informed of those of any publication anywhere. Readers’ priorities, it turns out, are a lot like the magazine’s. Any list of stories our readers like best is heavy on the investigative, the reflective, the complex, and the…well….long! Your commitment to in-depth, quality journalism, your intelligence, your thoughtful responses, and your attention spans distinguish you. So, just in case you missed any of our greatest hits of 2010, here’s a list of some of our—and your—favorites!

Christopher Hayes, Deficits of Mass Destruction
The Iraq War was never really about weapons of mass destruction, and the fight against the deficit is not actually about fiscal responsibility. It’s a shell game for gutting the welfare state and redistributing wealth upward.

Melissa Harris-Perry, The Misunderestimation of Sarah Palin
As American life becomes more and more like reality television, could product placement of a candidate become the surest route to the presidency?

Sen. Bernie Sanders, No to Oligarchy
While the middle class disappears and more Americans fall into poverty, the wealthiest people in our country are using their wealth and political power to protect their privileged status at everyone else’s expense.

Robert Reich, Unjust Spoils
Surging inequality, not Wall Street banditry, is the underlying cause of the Great Recession.

Naomi Klein, A Hole in the World
The BP disaster reveals the risks in imagining that we have complete command over nature.

William Greider,The AIG Bailout Scandal
As Elizabeth Warren’s devastating Congressional report reveals, the Federal Reserve used taxpayer money to bail out the insurance giant, instead of forcing the major banks to clean up the mess they helped create.